[PATCH] matroxfb: avoid -Warray-bounds warning

Subsystems: framebuffer layer, matrox framebuffer driver, the rest

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2 messages, 2 authors, 2020-10-27 · open the first message on its own page

[PATCH] matroxfb: avoid -Warray-bounds warning

From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
Date: 2020-10-26 19:40:24

From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

The open-coded list_for_each_entry() causes a harmless warning:

drivers/video/fbdev/matrox/matroxfb_base.c: In function 'matroxfb_register_driver':
include/linux/kernel.h:856:3: warning: array subscript -98 is outside array bounds of 'struct list_head[1]' [-Warray-bounds]

Use the normal list_for_each_entry instead.

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
---
 drivers/video/fbdev/matrox/matroxfb_base.c | 8 ++------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/matrox/matroxfb_base.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/matrox/matroxfb_base.c
index 570439b32655..a3853421b263 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/matrox/matroxfb_base.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/matrox/matroxfb_base.c
@@ -1970,9 +1970,7 @@ int matroxfb_register_driver(struct matroxfb_driver* drv) {
 	struct matrox_fb_info* minfo;
 
 	list_add(&drv->node, &matroxfb_driver_list);
-	for (minfo = matroxfb_l(matroxfb_list.next);
-	     minfo != matroxfb_l(&matroxfb_list);
-	     minfo = matroxfb_l(minfo->next_fb.next)) {
+	list_for_each_entry(minfo, &matroxfb_list, next_fb) {
 		void* p;
 
 		if (minfo->drivers_count == MATROXFB_MAX_FB_DRIVERS)
@@ -1990,9 +1988,7 @@ void matroxfb_unregister_driver(struct matroxfb_driver* drv) {
 	struct matrox_fb_info* minfo;
 
 	list_del(&drv->node);
-	for (minfo = matroxfb_l(matroxfb_list.next);
-	     minfo != matroxfb_l(&matroxfb_list);
-	     minfo = matroxfb_l(minfo->next_fb.next)) {
+	list_for_each_entry(minfo, &matroxfb_list, next_fb) {
 		int i;
 
 		for (i = 0; i < minfo->drivers_count; ) {
-- 
2.27.0

Re: [PATCH] matroxfb: avoid -Warray-bounds warning

From: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Date: 2020-10-27 06:54:25

Hi

Am 26.10.20 um 20:39 schrieb Arnd Bergmann:
From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

The open-coded list_for_each_entry() causes a harmless warning:

drivers/video/fbdev/matrox/matroxfb_base.c: In function 'matroxfb_register_driver':
include/linux/kernel.h:856:3: warning: array subscript -98 is outside array bounds of 'struct list_head[1]' [-Warray-bounds]

Use the normal list_for_each_entry instead.

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Acked-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>

I'll add the patch to drm-misc-next. Thanks!

Best regards
Thomas
quoted hunk
---
 drivers/video/fbdev/matrox/matroxfb_base.c | 8 ++------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/matrox/matroxfb_base.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/matrox/matroxfb_base.c
index 570439b32655..a3853421b263 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/matrox/matroxfb_base.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/matrox/matroxfb_base.c
@@ -1970,9 +1970,7 @@ int matroxfb_register_driver(struct matroxfb_driver* drv) {
 	struct matrox_fb_info* minfo;
 
 	list_add(&drv->node, &matroxfb_driver_list);
-	for (minfo = matroxfb_l(matroxfb_list.next);
-	     minfo != matroxfb_l(&matroxfb_list);
-	     minfo = matroxfb_l(minfo->next_fb.next)) {
+	list_for_each_entry(minfo, &matroxfb_list, next_fb) {
 		void* p;
 
 		if (minfo->drivers_count == MATROXFB_MAX_FB_DRIVERS)
@@ -1990,9 +1988,7 @@ void matroxfb_unregister_driver(struct matroxfb_driver* drv) {
 	struct matrox_fb_info* minfo;
 
 	list_del(&drv->node);
-	for (minfo = matroxfb_l(matroxfb_list.next);
-	     minfo != matroxfb_l(&matroxfb_list);
-	     minfo = matroxfb_l(minfo->next_fb.next)) {
+	list_for_each_entry(minfo, &matroxfb_list, next_fb) {
 		int i;
 
 		for (i = 0; i < minfo->drivers_count; ) {
-- 
Thomas Zimmermann
Graphics Driver Developer
SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH
Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany
(HRB 36809, AG Nürnberg)
Geschäftsführer: Felix Imendörffer
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